[3.3] HC - Cheap and fun Courage of Coward - low life 83/83 MaxBlock Gladiator - 500k Shaper DPS
Hello everyone, and welcome to my max block low life Gladiator build that I play on Incursion HC.
Our HP won't actually at low-life level, but using the Unique belt Coward's Legacy granted us the status of Low Life. By using certain Unique items, we'll take advantage of this status, and also negate the downside of that belt. You can reach me ingame for question @_Gaia_ How does it work?
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Coward's Legacy enables us to have 120% Block Chance Applied to Spells (from Daresso's Courage), as well as free Onslaught & 100% increased damage (from Dreadbeak). This free us from getting the spell blocks Ascendancy from Gladiator, and getting bleed explosion instead. Sounds great, but it also comes with heavy downside: You are always cursed with Vulnerability, and curses on you have 50% increased effect. To combat this, we used a Watcher's Eye with special mod "Unaffected by Vulnerability while affected by Determination". We also use Kaom's Root to completely bypass Temporal Chains. Resists are capped at 126 to comfortably do red map that has Elemental Weakness. Only one curse that we don't care much about is Enfeeble, since it only reduces our damage, not survivability. Videos
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Tier 16 Underground Sea: https://youtu.be/ZPZ4cSsrUyI Tier 9 Elder Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G4hzhMMk-U Deathless Shaper run: https://youtu.be/v2d55XY3gIM Tier 11 Physical Reflect + Abyssal Lich: https://youtu.be/Q9Xv26TMZcY Build Overview
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Pros
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Summary
My characters & Path of Building guide
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Skill Tree
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Level 91: Official Path of Exile website - PoE Planner Level 80: Official Path of Exile website - PoE Planner Level 68: Official Path of Exile website - PoE Planner Level 50+: Official Path of Exile website - PoE Planner Ascendancy, Bandits & Pantheon
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Ascendancy
Pantheon
1. Major God: Soul of Arakali
2. Minor God: Soul of Ryslatha
3. Minor God: Soul of Shakari:
Skill gems & Links
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Main Link
From the top to bottom is the order of importance. If you only have a 5L, drop the last one. Blade Flurry + Melee Physical Damage + Melee Damage on Full Life + Maim + Increase Area of Effect / Concentrated Effect (swap for boss) + Chance to Bleed / Bloodlust (swap for boss)
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Gears Selection & Breakdown
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Weapon & Shield
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Body Armours
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Nothing is required for this slot. Priority is Life + Resistances, so you have a wide variety of choices:
Helmet, Gloves & Boots
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Rings, Amulet, Belts & Flasks
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Jewels
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What corruption mod to look for?
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Since 3.3 revamped Vaal system, a lot of cool corruption mod has been introduced. Good thing our build use a lot of cheap Unique items, so it won't be hard finding the item to corrupt. If you get really lucky with double corruption it's even better! Here's a list of some really good corruptions that you should aim for:
Questions & Answers
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How do I level with this build?
Does this mean I'm able to facetank everything in the game?
What map mod is not doable with this build?
IGN: _Gaia_ Where to download my hideout: https://poe.house/hideout/76oNuBpb Where to trade currency between leagues: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2156864 Last edited by _Gaia_ on Jan 18, 2019, 3:06:03 PM Last bumped on Jul 28, 2018, 4:11:11 PM
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nice build bud...
Who Are We? Where do we come from?
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One of the best ideas I've ever seen. Super gear combination Good Job Dave |
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Nice and unique build!
Question - have you tested the Lori’s lantern ring with this? It might be awful but I’ve always wanted to find a use for it. | |
Guide is finished.
" Yes, I've thought about Lori's Lantern. Unfortunately, it's not very good because of the mechanic of that ring: its "Unlucky effect" only applies to the damage rolls, nothing else (however I understand, it'd be completely broken if it applies to other stats like block, evade). IGN: _Gaia_
Where to download my hideout: https://poe.house/hideout/76oNuBpb Where to trade currency between leagues: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2156864 | |
What would you suggest going for on the passive tree while leveling?
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" I updated the guide with more skill tree at low levels. You should definitely going to Marauder area to grab Resolute Techique. After that, aim for mana/life leech node so you can sustain easier in 2nd part of leveling. Then head to Ranger area, because you can get 7% block chance here, quite important. You should have all the block nodes by the time you hit map. After that, go for the sword + bleed chance node far left in the tree. Then it's just life + dps nodes while you're cruising map. IGN: _Gaia_
Where to download my hideout: https://poe.house/hideout/76oNuBpb Where to trade currency between leagues: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2156864 | |
" thanks |
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